WPRV

This article is about the Providence, Rhode Island station named "WPRV". For the Cincinnati, Ohio station formerly known as "WPRV", see WFTK. For the Puerto Rican TV Station formerly known as WPRV-TV, see WORO-DT.

WPRV was originally WEAN, Rhode Island's first radio station (that callsign now belongs to a sister FM station). It was originally owned by the Shepard Stores of Boston, and starting in the late 1920s, receiving programming from sister station WNAC, now WRKO. This would form the cornerstone of the Yankee Network, a regional radio service feeding newscasts and other programs throughout the region.

After ownership changes, WEAN changed callsigns to WWAZ, with Classical music, followed by oldies; then Adult standards under the callsign WLKW. WLKW switched formats & callsigns in 1998 to sports as WSKO ("The Score"), airing local and national sports shows (including ESPN Radio programs), with most programs simulcast with WSKO-FM/99.7 (which was replaced by WEAN-FM, a simulcast of WPRO). The Sports format was discontinued on March 10, 2008. Hosts over the years included John "Coach" Colletto, Andy Gresh, Scott Cordischi, John Rooke, Steve Hyder, Jess Atkinson, Amy Lawrence, Scott Zolak, John Crowe, and Bryan Morry.